I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific.' - "London Magazine", March, 1967.
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An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
Great art picks up where nature ends.
Great art picks up where nature ends.
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. read more
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than read more
That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen.
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
